DBA 3.0 armies, projects and campaigns set in the ancient, medieval and fantasy periods.

Thursday, 13 October 2016

The Greco-Bactrian 250 – 130 BC.

The Greco-Bactrian army are the last collection planned for
Project Rome. They were selected as an interesting opponent for the
Seleucid and Parthian armies already in my collection. Plenty of
material can be found on the Internet about the Greco-Bactrian to include the classics available
as e-books, archaeological findings; coins minted during the period and of
course plenty of painted armies in 15 and 25 mm.

These, pictured below, are 15mm figures from Old Glory
and are enough to build both options listed for II/36a; one a mix
of cavalry, pike and elephant and the second consisting of entirely of mounted troops; 5 x 3Kn,
4 x Cv and 3 x LH.

The latter option is currently on the work bench as
they require more work. Looking at the link you can see SS16 the two poses which represent the Iranian Lancer and
Greek cavalry. The three packs ordered will give me 4 x 3Kn and 4 x Cv
with an extra element of Cv to be used as a general.

The right hand of the Iranian Lancer was lifted so as to wrap around a brass wire spear.
Unfortunately, nothing else could be done with the pose as the position of the
left hand made a two handed grip impossible, these wear a cloak making the position of the left
arm fixed.

The Bactrian Greek
trooper comes in one pose, javelin held across the chest. This was carefully
lifted from the torso and positioned to appear throwing the weapon. This took
quite some time but it was worth the effort.

The horse archers (Arachosian, Bactrian) LH are from the Later Achaemenid Persian list
and with all such figures I cut the bow loose from the body and reposition them
adding more variety. I will add a headdress from Milliput to half of the
figures to build two distinct units.

The figures for the command element come from the Xystophoroi pack and two packs were
purchased. The extra figures will make three general officers (3Kn) for the
Seleucid and the remaining two are allocated to the Pergamene army.